4D PET-CT to overcome respiratory motion errors in radiotherapy planning for oesophageal cancers.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C159- Malignant neoplasm of esophagus, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/04/041832
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS Jodhpur
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Age more than or equal to 18 years.
2.Patients with histologically proven oesophageal carcinoma.
3.Patients planned for radiotherapy to primary oesophageal lesion.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Pregnant and breastfeeding women.
2.Non compliant patients.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare 4D 18F-FDG PET/CT, 3D 18F-FDG PET/CT and 3D-CT in calculating tumour volume for RT planning in oesophageal carcinomas.Timepoint: After completion of scan.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To analyse inter regional variabilities in tumour volume assessment on 4D 18F-FDG PET/CT.Timepoint: After completion of scan.;To determine SUV max differences between 3D 18F-FDG PET/CT and 4D 18F-FDG PET/CT.Timepoint: After completion of scan.;To study the influence of 4D 18F-FDG PET/CT on GTV and ITV estimation.Timepoint: After completion of scan.